The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

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The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
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SNES box art
Developer(s)Ocean, Enigma Variations Ltd
Publisher(s)Ocean
Director(s)Colin Gordon
Producer(s)Darren Melbourne
Programmer(s)Stephen Hey
Artist(s)Chris Edwards
Paul J. McKee
Composer(s)Jonathan Dunn
Platform(s)Super NES, Game Boy, NES
Release
  • NA: February 1993
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single player

The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is a video game released by Ocean in 1992 in Europe and 1993 in North America. It was based on the second animated series.

It was released in North America on all three of Nintendo's systems at the time:

The Game Boy version was ported for the system by Enigma Variations Ltd.

Story[]

The plot of Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt centered on Pugsley's attempts to win a scavenger hunt challenge proposed by his sister, Wednesday. His hunt takes him to the bedrooms of each member of the Addams family in order to find one item from each.

Gameplay[]

Screenshot from the Super NES version

The game is a side scrolling platformer adventure game that plays in a very similar way to the previous Addams Family title. The game plays in a non-linear way in so much that the player can choose which level to attempt by entering whichever door they choose in the Addams house.

Versions[]

The NES version was not a direct port of the SNES version. The NES version was actually based on the previous Addams Family game released for Super NES, Mega Drive and Amiga,[2] showing the same levels, enemies, items and gameplay but with Pugsley as main character instead of Gomez.

However, the NES version lacked the freezer and crypt levels (they were reduced to the boss fights only) and the rest of the levels were shortened. It also lacked any music, aside from the Addams Family theme on the title screen and ending. The NES version also lacked the two weapons from the SNES (swords and golf balls). However, it did allow the player to obtain a password whenever they paused the game, whereas the SNES Addams Family would only display passwords after each boss was defeated.

The Game Boy version was a port of the NES version. However, it had cut even more of the game. The stove level was completely removed (defeating the snowman boss would award Pugsley a heart like the other versions, but would also free Granny) as well as the big bird boss (Pugsley would start the game with the extra heart already in his possession). The final level was also removed, as entering the final door would send Pugsley directly to the final boss fight. Thing's hint boxes were also removed from this version.

Reception[]

A major source of criticism for the SNES version was the lack of a password feature, despite the game being very difficult. A password feature is present on both the NES and Game Boy versions. Super Play Magazine UK praised the graphics as they were more colourful than in the previous title, saying that "This is one of those games that it's fun just to sit and watch, not only to play."[20] Review scores for the SNES version are generally higher than for either the NES or Game Boy versions.[21]

Total!, in 1995, ranked Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt the 80th best all-time SNES game.[22]

Notes[]

References[]

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  19. ^ Frank (May 1993). "Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt". Super Action. No. 8. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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  22. ^ "SNES Top 100 Games". Total!. No. 43. July 1995. pp. 37–48. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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